SOCIOLOGY 301
FOUNDATIONS of SOCIOLOGY I

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - FALL TERM, 2011

INSTRUCTOR:  Michael A. Toth, Ph.D.
Office: CH 271U
 Phone: 725-8368 or email:
tothm@pdx.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

TEACHING ASSISTANT: Jeff Shelton
email: jshelton@pdx.edu

REQUIRED READING:

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~ Working Schedule ~
There may be slight variations in the schedule as the quarter unfolds
 
Dates
&
ALLAN CHAPTERS
Topic
& Resources
Supporting Readings Quizzes
& Essays
FARGANIS
Required
Additional
Required
Highly Recommended
Sept
26 28,
Oct 3
1
&
2
EMERGENCE OF SOCIOLOGY

INTRODUCTION
pp. 1-14,
pp. 275-287
Berger lexicon
What Sociology Has to Offer
Personal Reflections
TWO PARADIGMS
August Comte
Harriet Martineau
Herbert Spencer
Essay #1
Due Oct 10
Oct
5, 10, 12
 
3 KARL MARX
Summary Statement

the labor behind
 the iPhone
pp. 29-50 Marx
Alienation in Marx
The Communist Manifesto
Intro, Quotes,
Alienation, Materialism,
Labor Theory of Value,
Social Class
Essay #2
Due Oct 17
Oct
17, 19, 24
5 EMILE DURKHEIM
something's happenin' here
pp. 51-71 Durkheim Division of Labor in Society,
What is a Social Fact?
Essay #3
Due Oct 31
Oct
26, 31
Nov
2
4 MAX WEBER
Seduction of a Nation
pp. 73-110 Weber Social Action,
Power, Domination,
Legitimation, Authority,

Rationality & Bureaucracy
Essay #4
Due Nov 7
Nov
7, 9, 14
8 TALCOTT PARSONS
ROBERT MERTON

Occupy Portland Info
pp. 157-159,
pp. 167-192,
pp. 159-167
The Social System
Manifest & Latent Functions
Interface Analysis
Functionalism,
Structuralism
Merton Remembered
Status Set ppt
Quiz & Essay #5
Due Nov 21
Nov 16 6 GEORG SIMMEL pp. 111-125 Simmel
Microsociology
and Simmel
Why Sociology is Difficult
The Stranger,
other Texts in English
Quiz & Essay #6
Due Nov 28
Nov 21 12 THE SHIFT TO AMERICA
THE CHICAGO SCHOOL
 Robert Park,
W. I. Thomas,
Charles Cooley
The Chicago School DuBois Multimedia Biography
Nov 28, 30 6 SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM pp. 139-154;
127-137
Mead W.E.B. Du Bois George Herbert Mead Quiz & Essay #7
Final
Due Dec 6
Tues, Dec 6  4:30 pm –ALL FINAL MATERIALS  DUE IN DEPARTMENT OFFICE: CRAMER HALL 217

 

ADDITIONAL SITES OF SIGNIFICANT INTEREST:

SocioWeb The SocioLog
Dead Sociologist's Index The Sociology Ring
Sociological Timeline (from 1600) Sociological Subject Areas
Sociologists - Both Dead and Alive

Ritzer's Classical Sociological Theory Website